The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Murphy v. Smith that federal law requires district courts to apply up to 25 percent of the judgment to attorney's fees in prisoner civil rights suits. The...
Ahmad Khan Rahimi was sentenced to two life terms in prison for both his execution and attempted execution of bombings in New York City on September 17, 2016. Rahimi placed two explosive devices in the Chelsea neighborhood of...
Four survivors of a church massacre that occurred during the Liberian civil war filed a civil suit in US court Monday against the commander of the armed forces allegedly responsible for the massacre. The suit, brought in the...
The governor of Bermuda on Wednesday signed a bill into law that repeals same-sex marriage, reversing a Supreme Court ruling. The Domestic Partnership Act gives domestic partners rights that are similar to married couples, but not...
Three transgender individuals on Tuesday sued Alabama over its driver's license policy requiring transgender people to show proof of sex reassignment surgery in order to change the gender indicator their on driver's licenses. The plaintiffs claim that this policy...
A US presidential order decreasing the area of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah is "outrageous" and should be reversed according to a UN rights expert. The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples said [press...
In a statement celebrating World Leprosy Day, a newly appointed UN human rights expert specializing in leprosy warned that people with the disease continue to face discrimination and lack of access to medical care. Latest statistics show that...
A newly declassified investigation has revealed that the US military knew about at least 75 reported human rights abuses by Afghan military and police but used a legal loophole to keep funding the Afghan units. These human rights abuses included...
Romania has made little progress against corruption in state institutions, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) . In the report, GRECO said that concerns regarding the...
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to complete the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya within two years. According to a statement released by the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriation will be completed within two years...
